Chula Successfully Trains the First âSniffer Dogs to Find People Infected with COVID-19â in Thailand 6-Apr-2021 8:55 AM EDT, by Chulalongkorn University
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Temperature screening only works in symptomatic COVID-19 cases, but sniffer dogs are trained to detect asymptomatic people. The “
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“A dog’s sense of smell is 50 times better than humans, so we thought of tapping into this potential, particularly in Labrador Retrievers with their long nasal cavity. They are very sensitive to scents, friendly, and easy to train. We picked six dogs to be initially trained in this project”, said Prof. Dr. Kewali Chatdarong, Deputy Dean for Research and Innovation